Ronda's Corner
I want to use my "corner" this week to share some startling yet fantastic news. I actually took some time this week and looked at the OCLC stats. I was so excited that I just knew I had to share it with everyone. I knew was busy, but I didn't realize how busy.
Back in September we had fourteen requests come in and managed to fill seven of them. October went up to forty one requests that came in and we were able to fill twenty three of them. (here comes the frosting)....In November we had ninety five requests come in and managed to fill sixty six of them! We ROCK!
We probably could have filled more if we didn't have Thanksgiving in there. Remember, they only give me three days to reply before the request moves on to the next library, so anything that came in just before or during the days over Thanksgiving were lost.
I want to thank everyone for sharing your books and AV material so willingly with the OCLC system.
December 13, 2010
Ronda's Corner
I want to use my "corner" this week to share some startling yet fantastic news. I actually took some time this week and looked at the OCLC stats. I was so excited that I just knew I had to share it with everyone. I knew was busy, but I didn't realize how busy.
Back in September we had fourteen requests come in and managed to fill seven of them. October went up to forty one requests that came in and we were able to fill twenty three of them. (here comes the frosting)....In November we had ninety five requests come in and managed to fill sixty six of them! We ROCK!
We probably could have filled more if we didn't have Thanksgiving in there. Remember, they only give me three days to reply before the request moves on to the next library, so anything that came in just before or during the days over Thanksgiving were lost.
I want to thank everyone for sharing your books and AV material so willingly with the OCLC system.
ODDS and ENDS
a mammal tree for teaching the relationships between mammals:
http://www.mammalsrus.com/
copyright-free images and photographs:
http://www.edupic.net/index.html
news aggregator: students can make their own newspapers:
http://www.icurrent.com/
follow the money from the Recovery Act:
http://www.recovery.gov/pages/default.aspx
search conflicts by time period and place - this one's cool:
http://conflicthistory.com/
draw online:
http://sketchfu.com/
copyright and fair use lesson plans
http://mediaeducationlab.com/teaching-about-copyright-and-fair-use
27 interesting ways to use QR codes in the classroom:
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AclS3lrlFkCIZGhuMnZjdjVfNzY1aHNkdzV4Y3I&hl=en_GB&authkey=COX05IsF&pli=1
make online surveys and polls and embed them into your blog or wiki:
http://www.quizsnack.com/
INTERNET SAFETY SITE FOR PARENTS
http://pluggedinparent.com/